Industrial Revolution By emmagood 1712 First steam engine was invented 1757 British won in Battle of Plassey Period: 1760 to 1840 Industrial Revolution 1764 Spinning Jenny was invented 1771 Richard Arkwright opened the first factory at Cromford 1781 Improved the steam engine 1789 Samuel Slater migrated to America from Britain Brough over many of Britain's ideas on new machines 1794 Eli Whitney created the cotton gin 1837 John Deere Invented first steel plow https://agriculturalrev.weebly.com/steel-plow.html 1844 Presidential nomination was telegraphed 1853 Elisha Otis made elevators safe for everyone to use 1855 Started using the Bessemer Process 1859 Internal Combustion Engine made by Étienne Lenoir 1876 Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell 1877 Great Railroad Strike breaks out when railroad worker's wages are decreased 1901 Assembly line introduced in factories
